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"Why shouldn't they try for high wages? We try for the highest possible prices." |
He uses a rhetorical question to oppose his father's capitalist views as it makes him rethink the actions of Eva Smith. He also reflects their actions into the quotation to let Mr Birling think that these people are doing what he is doing and that they are independent like him. |
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"It isn't as if you can go and work somewhere else." |
Contradicting his father's ideology. |
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"He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out I call it tough luck." |
The use of "luck" makes the life of Eva Smith seem like a gambling game and she has just been unlucky in this case. We can see that Eric is interrupting his father again when he is trying to dismiss his responsibility. |
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"I'd have let her stay" |
Repetition of the same point shows that he isn't in much control of how he is thinking (he is unstable). He keeps on interrupting when he has nothing to do with the conversation, showing a side of selfishness. |
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"Well I was in a state when a chap easily turns nasty- and I threatened to make a row." |
Use of the colloquial noun "chap" makes Eric seem like he is making his actions less serious than they are. We can see that he begins to fragment his speech showing signs of his emotions being unstable. |
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"And that's when it happened. And I don't even remember - that's the hellish thing. Oh - my God!" |
Starting with the coordinated conjunction "and". This shows that Eric is listing the thoughts as he thinks them. He does not have any control over himself. Even though Eric doesn't remember what he did, he knows what he has done and thinks that he was responsible. This contrasts with his parents. The use of heaven and hell shows that Eric can' comprehend what he has done. |
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"I wasn't in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport" |
"Pretty" suggesting that to Eric the only good thing about her was the looks. "A good sport" suggests that it is all a game to him. "Wasn't in love" shows that he trying not to get close to her, reducing the blame. "Liked her" shows that he had good intentions. |
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"You're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble - that's why" |
Eric doesn't trust his father. He makes the comment less serious by using "chap". |
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"He was our police inspector all right." |
The use of the pronoun "our" shows the impact of the socialist views on Eric and Sheila as it is making them think of the people around. Also it shows that they consider him as an inspector of their actions. |
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"And I say the girl's dead and we all helped to kill her - and that's all that matters." |
The verb "helped" shows that everyone pushed her into the direction of death and it could have been stopped. "And that's all that matters" shows that to Eric without the police he still feels guilty for what he has done. |
